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And it's also very important to consider the context: Apple is a company which earns the bulk of their revenue through new hardware sales. As opposed to their other issues (e.g. AntennaGate), concealing the performance degradation directly drove new sales and profits. It's significantly harder to give them the benefit of doubt when taking into consideration their hardware-sales focused business and the fact that they're actively fighting against right to repair legislation.